Simviation Forum - U.S. City Names...Pronounciation?

Reply #15 - Nov 18^th, 2011 at 10:12pm

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Most people pronounce it Nu Or leens. But people who live there, and some more of us, Roll Eyes

pronounce it nu' aulins, with the accent on au.

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Reply #16 - Nov 18^th, 2011 at 10:55pm

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machineman9 wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 1:15pm:

Not a city, but Arkansas (Ar-can-saw) always confused me.

From the Mexican, Los Angeles should be 'los an-jhel-es'... (The Angels), but Los An-gee-lees is my personal pronunciation.

Of course, most spellings have been skewed by the horrificness that is American-English. I just refer to it as 'American' as I don't want to put my language to its name Wink

Some people in Kansas insist Arkansas is 'Are Kansas'

And I consider myself to speak American.

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Reply #17 - Nov 20^th, 2011 at 10:48pm

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Here in the state of Missouri we have a little town called Nevada. Unlike the state of Nevada (pronounced "Nah-vah-dah") people pronounce the name of the town "Nah-vay-dah". I've always been puzzled by this. Huh

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Reply #18 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 4:17am

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TacitBlue wrote on Nov 20^th, 2011 at 10:48pm:

Here in the state of Missouri we have a little town called Nevada. Unlike the state of Nevada (pronounced "Nah-vah-dah") people pronounce the name of the town "Nah-vay-dah". I've always been puzzled by this. Huh

Nevada.

Its the pronunciation of the middle letter; "a"...
Certain letters are emphasized in the US...

Tomato.

In the US its; "Toe-may-toe".
Over here its; "Toe-mar-toe".

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"Arkansas" is a always confusing for me. (I always get it wrong)... Grin

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Mind you...The small market town of; "Leominster", 12 miles from me, is correctly? pronounced; "Lempster", locally...
Outsiders always get that one wrong!... Grin

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Reply #19 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:05am

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Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 4:17am:

In the US its; "Toe-may-toe".
Over here its; "Toe-mar-toe".

There's a strange reverse: we long ago began ignoring our "r" in arse but you stick yours where it shouldn't be.

Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 4:17am:

"Arkansas" is always confusing for me. (I always get it wrong)!

Unlike you, aside for the occasional possessive, we pronounce an "s" as an "ss" -- so it's pronounced Are-can-saw because it sounds rude to stick an a... to put... you know, that native four letter Anglo-Saxon word I mentioned above and our ignorant pronunciation of it?

Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 4:17am:

Mind you...The small market town of; "Leominster", 12 miles from me, is correctly? pronounced; "Lempster", locally...

In NH, we usually pronounce Lempster (just a couple hovels from where I was born) Lemp-stur, sometimes Lem-stur (probably confused with Leominster); most native New Englanders pronounce Leominster Lem-ster. Also, Worcester is usually pronounced Wuss-stur (for both syllables I use the "u" as sounds the "ou" in would) but there's the Woo-stur dialect, as well.

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Reply #20 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:08am

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ViperPilot wrote on Nov 18^th, 2011 at 6:12pm:

Guttering                   Gutters & Downspouts             Guttering? Is that like Stuttering, but with a "G"?
Car Park                   Parking Lot (or Parking Garage) Sounds like a recreational area for automobiles...
Honour                      Honor                                     It all means the same thing...

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Reply #21 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:19am

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H wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:05am:

Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 4:17am:

In the US its; "Toe-may-toe".
Over here its; "Toe-mar-toe".

There's a strange reverse: we long ago began ignoring the "r" in arse but you stick it where it shouldn't be.

Well, an arse is an arse but this is an ass. (Pronounced as in lass.) Tongue

And this is an ass's arse. Wink

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Reply #22 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:38am

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On my frequent Sim tours of the San Francisco Bay, with the usual gaggle of; "Tourists", I have great delight on announcing our approach to San José...

.."...and below, Amigo's, we have San Ho-Say!"....

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(..in my very best Mexican accent!)... Grin

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Reply #23 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:59am

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Hagar wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:19am:

Well, an arse is an arse but this is an ass. (Pronounced as in lass.)

We have no problem with the pronunciation of ass, so common the world over. It seems our problem is that you swiped the r from behind our backs and stuffed it into a tomato... you didn't just tax our tea, you taxed our words -- no wonder we had a revolution!

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Reply #24 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:12am

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All is now clear as mud. Cheesy

Arse or Ass

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Reply #25 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:13am

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H wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:59am:

Hagar wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 6:19am:

Well, an arse is an arse but this is an ass. (Pronounced as in lass.)

We have no problem with the pronunciation of ass, so common the world over. It seems our problem is that you swiped the r from behind our backs and stuffed it into a tomato... you didn't just tax our tea, you taxed our words -- no wonder we had a revolution!

Toe-may-toe/Toe-mar-toe

At least we both devour the same Po(pe)-tay-toe!.... Grin

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Reply #26 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:28am

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Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:13am:

Toe-may-toe/Toe-mar-toe
At least we both devour the same Po(pe)-tay-toe!

Wait a moment... now you're really being confusing. I was about to tell any England-bound travellers that it's tomarto and potarto... and what's the (pe)?
Hey, we can't devour the same potato.. I'll have mine and you'll have yours... no, I guess you can't... you gave it to your pet... or the Pope.

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Reply #27 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:43am

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H wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:28am:

Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 7:13am:

Toe-may-toe/Toe-mar-toe
At least we both devour the same Po(pe)-tay-toe!

and what's the (pe)?

The pe is silent as in bath. Wink

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Reply #28 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 11:01am

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I've often wondered what "Chew Sets" are?... Roll Eyes

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...'cos Massachusetts seems to have lots of them!

Mayor's announcement; "We have a mass of Chew Sets"!

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Reply #29 - Nov 21^st, 2011 at 2:30pm

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Fozzer wrote on Nov 21^st, 2011 at 11:01am:

I've often wondered what "Chew Sets" are?... 'cos Massachusetts seems to have lots of them!
Mayor's announcement; "We have a mass of Chew Sets"!

The name means something to the effect of "in/near the hills" and was applied to the Natives of the environs, then to the bay formed by the east and northward hook of land; it was then applied to the colony (then including what is now Maine).
Through the time of the American Revolution, Massachusetts and New Hampshire colonials were quite mutually supportive (the late arrival of a contingent of NH militia held off the assailing British while the original, now ammunitionless, defenders retreated from the Battle of Bunker [Breed's] Hill). More recent wanderings and immigration of certain Mass (now sometimes suffixed by another word for pits) residents (the former ignoring many of our laws or simply taking advantage of our courtesies, the latter moving in and changing them) has caused alternate renderings of the name. For instance, Mass-a-cheese-its (probably an application in meaning borrowed from the old Dutch term from which comes Yankee, as well as the little square crackers) and Mass/Mess-a-[original Anglo-Saxon for multiple organic refuse].

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